Grain-drill



(Nomaden.)

` J. CONWAY.

GRAIN DRILL.

No. 284,186. Y Patented Sept. 4, 1883.

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PATENT OFFICE .IOIIN CONWAY, OE LONDON, OHIO.

GRAIN- DRILL.

SPECIFICATIONl forming part of Letters Patent No. 284,186, datedSeptember 4,1883.

` Application filed March 29, 1883T (No model.) i

T0 all whom, tm/ay concern: i I

Beit known that I, JOHN CONWAY, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, `residing at London, in the county of Madison, State of Ohio,have invented certain new and useful Improvements 4in Grain-Drills, ofwhich the following is a specication, to wit:`

This invention relates to grain-drills; and it consists ina series ofclearing-arms secured to a rock-shaft inclose relation to and adapted tobe swung past the hose, substantially as will be hereinafter more fullyset forth.

In order to enable others skilled in the art to which my inventionappertains to make and use the same, I will. now proceed to describe itsconstruction and operation, referring to the accompanying drawings, inwhich- Figure l` is a rear elevation, and Fig.` 2 a longitudinalvertical section, of a graindrill having my invention attached, and Fig.8 is a detail view of one of the clearing-arms.

A represents the mainframe and seed-box of a grain-drill, constructed inany of the usual e and well-known ways, and mounted upon adapted to beraised 4and lowered at will.

wheels B. This frame is also provided with the usual drill tubes orholes, C C, hingedand In the frame A is also journaled a rOck-shaft,D,provided with an Operating-lever, D, within I 3o convenient reach of theoperator, and upon this shaft are placed a series of steel clearing armsor fingers, E, adjustably secured by setscrews e. These arms or fingershang down in close relation to the hoes C C, and when these hoesbecomeclogged with weeds or grass, the Operator by throwing down the lever Dtoperates the rock-shaft D, and the fingers C are carried forward pastthe hoes and then brought back again, thus effectually clearing themofobstructions without stopping the team 4o i or leaving his seat. v

The arms may be placed nearer to or farther from the hose, `as may bedesirable, by means ofthe adjusting-screws e, and should any bef comebroken it maybe replaced by a new one 45 without trouble.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is-k l The combination, with thedrill-spouts C, ofthe rocky-shaft D, having lever D', and the adjustableand removable clearing-fingers E E, mounted upon said shaft,substantially as and for the purpose describe A In testimony whereof Iaffix my signature in 5 5 presence of two witnesses. y

JOHN CONWAY.

Witnessesz,

`MANUs O DONNELL,

MARTIN OVDONNELL.

